Mount Loura (Fello Loura in the
Pular language
Pular () is a Fula language spoken primarily by the Fula people of Fouta Djallon, Guinea. It is also spoken in parts of Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. There are a small number of speakers in Mali. Pular is spoken by 8.5 million Gui ...
) is the northernmost point and highest peak at in the
Fouta Djallon
Fouta Djallon ( ff, 今兮丐 丐中亢, Fuuta Jaloo; ar, 堛塈 堿塈) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa.
Etymology
The Ful ...
in northern
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 五仆井, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, 葶舝葖, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: R矇publique de Guin矇e), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
.
It is 7 km from the
prefecture
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of
Mali-ville
Mali ( Pular: 丐中五) often known as Maali Yemberen or Maali Labe to distinguish it from the country of Mali, is a town in northern Guinea on the edge of the Tamgu矇 Massif. Population 4,798 (2008 est).Massif de Tamgue
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, which rises to steep cliffs on three sides, and provides views into
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
and
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 井仆不丐仆不五 丐中五, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, 堿堭堜 塈, Jumh贖riyyt Ml蘋 is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
.
References
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